Crossing the Border: A Free Black Community in Canada

Crossing the Border: A Free Black Community in CanadaHow formerly enslaved people found freedom and built community in Ontario In 1849, the Reverend William King and fifteen once enslaved people he had inherited founded the Canadian settlement of Buxton on Ontario land set aside for sale to Blacks. Though initially opposed by some neighboring whites, Buxton grew into a 700 person agricultural community that supported three schools, four churches, a hotel, a lumber mill, and a post office. Sharon A.

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ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1684465361

a tumult is unleashed

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nobrow

Focusing on the way identity is both constructed and constructive

New York audiences fell head over heels

You can toss it over your legs or wrap yourself up entirely and stay toasty warm

It is an essential handbook to help us imagine the society we build for the next generation

he offers remarkable insights on ancient elements of Ifá worship and practices in Ilé Ifè and their contemporary rebirth among African Americans who successfully turned the Oyotunji Village into a powerful religious space

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